eutrophication

English

Eutrophication in a canal

Noun

eutrophication (countable and uncountable, plural eutrophications)

  1. (biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.

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